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SES-Newsletter-89-Feb 2020 Birds South East Number 89 February 2020 Dinghy Cove. Bob Green A visit to Lady Julia available to go out on New Year’s Day, a quick Percy Island 1 January shuffle of plans and I was ready. 2020 Lady Julia Percy Island lies about 6km offshore from Contents Yambuk in western Victoria, it had long been a goal of mine to visit the island, having first seen it as a 1. A visit to Lady Julia Percy Island 1 January 2020 kid it had some sort of sense of adventure to it. Leaving4. Walker the Swamp Port Fairy Campout wharf November at 10am 2019 it was about Access to the island is restricted and so when Bruce an7 hour. Shorebird to get Notes out to the island then a short Zodiac ride ashore one at a time with our gear, a quick Robertson (Pacific and Kelp Gull researcher) asked 8. ‘Please stay another day’ me at the AOC in Darwin if I was interested in change of clothes and off up the rocky slope from 10. Working List of Australian Birds signing up as his research assistant for a trip to the Dinghy Cove picking our way over and around island to work on Kelp Gulls the opportunity was too numerous11. Contacts, boulders Quiz meanwhile trying to avoid the great to pass up. hundreds12. 2020 Programof Australian Fur Seals, both male and females,13. Recent and Sightings a large number of pups hiding in the After a delay in waiting for the required permits an rock crevices. email came through on 29 December asking if I was Birds South East Bruce after the climb. Bob Green Kelp Gull chicks. Bob Green Within about 100 metres of reaching the top all of a sudden some movement on the ground in front of Bruce had also grabbed one close to where he was us, and two Kelp Gull chicks broke cover to scurry sitting. This procedure worked for the rest of our away a bit, we flanked them and caught both, Bruce time there with me doing most of the catching and banded both birds in short time and they were releasing and Bruce able to concentrate on banding released in amongst some rock piles so they had and the paperwork. We had a pre-planned call in to cover. We continued along the clifftop with quite a the skipper during the afternoon as a safety few adult Kelp Gulls hugging the coastline beside precaution and to arrange our pickup time back at us, after about a kilometre of dodging the seemingly Dinghy Cove, after that we were on a roll and thousands of shearwater burrows and hoping for a managed to fill and bypass the number of chicks sign of breeding we spotted a white line across the Bruce needed for his projects work. island, binoculars up and there it was – The colony. Approaching the Kelp Gull colony we stopped to get a count, we estimated around 150 adults on the ground with another 100 in the air over the colony, add to that the birds seen around the water’s edge and any chicks and the population on the island was 300 plus. We worked out the best way to tackle the colony and Bruce set up on a flat rock while I went in search of a chick, quickly returning with one. Banded Kelp Gull chick. Bob Green 2 Birds South East Birds South East Returning to our meeting point and tackling the cliff If you are keen to find out more about Bruce’s in reverse was more of a challenge than going up, research, and learn about Kelp and Pacific Gulls but we took our time to ensure we were being come along in April to hear Bruce give a talk about extremely safe, loaded our waterproof drums and his fantastic research work (details in the program into the Zodiac to get back to the boat. The trip at the end of the newsletter).Also if you’d like to back in was very good, with us both in high spirits join us for a sightseeing boat ride to Lady Julia after a very successful day out, achieving and Percy Island let Bob know as we are planning a trip passing all our targets, so we sat back to enjoy the in December (details in program). ride, just off Griffith Island all of a sudden a small, fat looking black and white bird appeared alongside Bob Green the boat and flew past quite close allowing identification of a Common Diving-Petrel, we had seen a dead one on the island where they breed but this was a lifer for me so just capped the day off very nicely. Leaving the island. Bob Green February 2020 3 Birds South East WALKER SWAMP CAMPOUT NOVEMBER 2019 Just one of the amazing views from Walker Swamp, over-looking Brady’s Swamp fringed with red gums and the Grampians in the background. Note: the 2011 land slide which is still visible viewpoint included Brolga, Pied Stilt littered along Nature Glenelg Trust is some-way into a long-term the wetland edge, a raft of Hoary-headed Grebe and restoration journey at three properties over in the a small selection of ducks. Up the northern end (of SE Grampians area, near Dunkeld. One property in Walkers Swamp wetland), we came across 100+ particular, called Walker Swamp formed part of this kangaroo’s bounding over the plain which stopped recent campout, held from 29 November to 1 us at a mud-flat where we saw a lonely Wood December 2019. Six participants made it across for Sandpiper amongst Red-kneed Dotterels. the campout and were not disappointed with a host of cool birdlife, wetland plants, red gums while having this amazing backdrop (of the Grampians) to enjoy for a few days. Over the two nights and three days the crew headed out to Walker Swamp, Brady Swamp and Gooseneck Swamp to learn about their hydrological history, more recent improvements and of course to see what birdlife was around. Our first stop was the new viewing tower overlooking Walker Swamp. The carpark and trail to the tower was newly planted with shrubbery and rare bottlebrush bushes. Interpretative signs along the short stroll to the tower provide an insight into the colonisation history of the area, the complex geology and why restored surface water flows are important to the Wannon Source: Diana Vine, Wood Sandpiper amongst Red- river floodplain. Birds on the wetland at this kneed Dotterels 4 Birds South East Birds South East A quick trip across to a smaller intact wetland (on Then back to camp for a lazy afternoon, with a the NW boundary) was worth the bouncing track as wine, some bickies and dip. The dusk roll call was it was full of action - spoonbills, Brolga, Reed- somewhat mute except for the Eastern Yellow Warblers and some displaying White-necked Robin. By night-time, the frogs were becoming Herons. more prominent coming from Walker Swamp, with pok, creak and then just before bed ‘growls’. Diana and I wondered off to try and find one of these growling grass-frogs and we were successful. Angela and Diana deciding on the best shot of their Reed Warbler Source: D Vine, Growling Grass-frog in ditch at Walkers Swamp By this time it was lunch so back to camp (amongst the Manna-gums) and then shortly after off to Brady During the night we also heard Sugar Glider, Brush- Swamp we went. This massive shallow wetland was tailed Possums, and Swamp Wallabies. drying back but still had a cover of water and a A Sacred Kingfisher woke the sleeping team each good variety of waterbirds especially spoonbills, morning at camp, as did Buff-rumped Thornbill, Glossy Ibis, and Cattle Egrets. White-winged Trillers White-throated Tree-creeper, Eastern Yellow Robin, proved difficult to find up high in a red gum fringing and Southern Boobook. At dusk on the Friday night the wetland by Jeff finally got a look. We then we also recorded a Nankeen Night-Heron which was swung past Gooseneck, which is nestled between calling as it flew overhead. Walker and Brady’s, where we found an almost dry wetland but with a host of herons poking around, a Restless Flycatcher and interesting caterpillars (of a dayflying moth) and brightly coloured beetles in the sedges. The mob of spoonbills on Brady’s Swamp February 2020 5 Birds South East Bird lists from the trip were submitted to the Bird over the following link and/or visit the NGT website Atlas project and will contribute to NGT’s long term www.natureglenelg.org.au. Overall, a great first monitoring program. For more information about visit to one of the NGT reserves in western Victoria. the Walker Swamp restoration story please read We should return again in a wet year. Bryan Haywood This photo shows a view of the Grampians from the eastern side of Walker Swamp. Note: the emerging Eleocharis sedge in the foreground re-establishing promptly after earthworks to remove mounds created from the previous land-use of Blue Gum plantations. 6 Birds South East Birds South East SHOREBIRD NOTES remained nearby, fed on a large worm before walking off accompanied by its mate. The bird had previously been caught and fitted with a uniquely Spring and summer have once again been busy code metal band and engraved plastic leg flag in seasons for members of the Friends of Shorebirds Corner Inlet, near Wilson’s Promontory in Victoria in SE and all those interested in shorebirds and their 2011.
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